#7272C8#7272C8

#7272C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.129 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#7272C8
RGBrgb(114, 114, 200)
HSLhsl(240, 44%, 62%)
HSVhsv(240, 43%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(43%, 43%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(51.59, 21.95, -44.86)
CIE-LCHlch(51.59, 49.94, 296.07°)
OKLaboklab(59.12% 0.0262 -0.1267)
OKLCHoklch(59.12% 0.129 281.7)
XYZxyz(23.3790, 19.7811, 57.2187)
Luminance0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#7272C8 #C8C872
analogous
#729DC8 #7272C8 #9D72C8
triadic
#7272C8 #C87272 #72C872
tetradic
#7272C8 #C8729D #C8C872 #72C89D
square
#7272C8 #C8729D #C8C872 #72C89D
split-complementary
#7272C8 #C89D72 #9DC872
monochromatic
#36368A #4747B6 #7272C8 #9E9ED9 #CACAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24
#7272C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96
#7272C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7272C8
4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##7272C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##7272C81.004.244.964.96
#FFFFFF4.241.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9621.001.001.00
##0000004.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#527ECB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4D78C6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#578393
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #7272c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 114, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.129 281.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9ad9',
    500: '#7272c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #7272c8;
$custom-light: #9f9ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#7272c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59116,
    "c": 0.12944,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#7272C8
secondary
#DBDBBB
accent
#B72EB7
background
#FAF9FD
surface
#F3F2FA
border
#CDCCD3
text
#0F0E15
muted
#7F7E83

Preview Lab

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#7272C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva